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East and North Coasts

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Aberdeen Airport Overcast 81 NW 14 35 1,010
Boulmer Overcast 10° 70 W 16 18 1,011
Donna Nook Overcast 10° 89 WSW 9 18 1,012
F3 11° 82 W 27 26 1,015 5 0.7
Kirkwall Airport Partly cloudy (night) 74 NNW 19 13 1,010
Lerwick (S. Screen) Drizzle 85 NNW 22 9 1,007
Leuchars Light rain 68 WNW 13 18 1,011
Lossiemouth Overcast 82 NW 14 16 1,012
Manston Overcast 88 W 17 18 1,016
Sandettie 11° 81 W 24 10 1,016 6 0.5
Shoeburyness Overcast 84 W 12 14 1,016
Weybourne Overcast 91 W 21 18 1,012
Wick John O Groats Airport Partly cloudy (night) 81 NNW 14 9 1,011

Offshore

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Brittany 11° 76 ENE 6 1,026
Gascogne
K1
K2 11° 12° 75 1,027
K7 73 1,012
M6
Pap

South Coast

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Bournemouth Airport Overcast 85 W 10 18 1,020
Channel
Culdrose Cloudy 89 W 9 15 1,023
E1 11° 84 W 18 1,023
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 11° 81 5 1,019 6 0.8
Guernsey Cloudy 78 WNW 13 24 1,023
Jersey Partly cloudy (night) 76 WNW 15 18 1,023
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 88 W 11 10 1,022
Needles Old Battery
W 19
Seven Stones

West Coast

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Belfast International Airport Overcast 87 W 10 21 1,018
Belmullet Light shower (night) 10° 96 WNW 12 1 1,023
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 91 WNW 17 8 1,016
Crosby Overcast 10° 90 W 25 5 1,017
Islay Airport Drizzle 93 NW 16 9 1,017
K4 10° 10° 11° 95 NW 17 1,023
K5 10° 81 NW 16 1,017
M2 10° 10° 90 WNW 17 1,019 4 1.1
M3 11° 11° 77 NNW 14 1,025 6 1.9
M4
M5 10° 10° 84 NW 16 1,023 4 0.9
Malin Head Overcast 93 W 16 6 1,018
Roches Point Cloudy 81 NW 17 21 1,023
Ronaldsway Cloudy 91 W 14 1,017
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Clear night 81 NW 17 10 1,016
St. Bees Head Overcast 94 WNW 21 5 1,015
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 91 NW 7 12 1,014
Tiree Overcast 89 NW 17 7 1,016
Valentia Observatory Overcast 10° 80 NNW 6 26 1,025
Valley Overcast 10° 89 W 15 12 1,019

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